Oh yeah, sorry, I forgot gmail is a PITA. Never mind, here's something else
to think about:
A. Newton's first law of motion:
- Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of
motion unless an external force is applied to it.
B. Murphy's law:
- Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.
Multiply A by B and what do you get?
C. Murphy's corrollary to Newton's first law of motion:
- Every object in a state of uniform motion tends to remain in that state of
motion unless it sees a chance to really screw things up for you by suddenly
springing into life of its own accord.
This, to me, is the only satisfactory explanation how you can put a mug of
coffee down a good five centimeters from the edge of the table on a flat
surface and turn and walk away and only several seconds later does it tip over
and spill coffee everywhere. It probably explains a lot of other so-called
'accidents' too. Inanimate objects aren't as inanimate as they pretend to be
when we're looking.
cheers,
DaveK
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